onawah
25th September 2010, 21:01
If you think S510 in the US is nothing to be concerned about, read this (and please take action--links provided on the S510 thread at
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?4613-S510-Illegal-To-Grow-Share-Trade-Sell-Homegrown-Food&p=53912#post53912
From Earth Rainbow Network's current issue:
http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/Archives2010/PerfectStorm21.htm
Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU by Heidi Stevenson (12 September 2010)
SADLY, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING NIGHTMARE IS TRUE
http://www.gaia-health.com/articles301/000301-big-pharma-scores-big-win-medicinal-herbs-disappear-eu.shtml
It's almost a done deal. We are about to see herbal preparations disappear, and the ability of herbalists to prescribe them will also be lost. -- Big Pharma has almost reached the finish line of its decades-long battle to wipe out all competition. As of 1 April 2011-less than eight months from now-virtually all medicinal herbs will become illegal in the European Union. The approach in the United States is a bit different, but it's having the same devastating effect. The people have become nothing more than sinks for whatever swill Big Pharma and Agribusiness choose to send our way, and we have no option but to pay whatever rates they want. Big Pharma and Agribusiness have almost completed their march to take over every aspect of health, from the food we eat to the way we care for ourselves when we're ill. Have no doubt about it: this takeover will steal what health remains to us. It Begins Next April Fools DayIn the nastiest April Fool's Joke of all time, the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (THMPD) was enacted back on 31 March 2004. (1) It laid down rules and regulations for the use of herbal products that had previously been freely traded. This directive requires that all herbal preparations must be put through the same kind of procedure as pharmaceuticals. It makes no difference whether a herb has been in common use for thousands of years. The costs for this are far higher than most manufacturers, other than Big Pharma, can bear, with estimates ranging from £80,000 to £120,000 per herb, and with each herb of a compound having to be treated separately. It matters not that a herb has been used safely and effectively for thousands of years. It will be treated as if it were a drug. Of course, herbs are far from that.
(...) Try to imagine facing your children or grandchildren when they ask why you didn't. How will you tell them that you really weren't that interested in their welfare? How will you tell them that it was more important to watch the latest fake reality show on television than to take the time to write a simple letter?It is only by actively protesting that this travesty against our welfare can be stopped. If we sit back in apathy, then it will happen. Our right to protect our health and that of our children is hanging in the balance. If you care for your child's or grandchild's welfare, then you must act. Speak out, for now is the moment of truth. You can sit back and do nothing, or you can speak out. And then, once you have, talk to everyone you know. Tell them that it's time to act. There truly is no time to waste.
(...) Fenna - Is this law regarding combinations and brand name type preparations ? Or, is it for individual raw or bulk dried herbs and tinctures ? Reply: Heidi: All of them are affected, though combinations will face the worst of it. Brand names or raw or bulk or tinctures - all are the same in this. The ones most adversely affected are imported herbs. There are methods for EU-based herbs to be approved, but the process is onerous and costly. Very few have been able to go through the process. No herb can be approved for anything considered a serious medical condition. That seems to mean that a herb used to treat cold symptoms can be approved - if it's EU-based and it isn't part of a combination (though a couple of herbs together may be allowed) and if the company trying to get it approved has the means to go through the process. If it's used for something considered serious - and the EU gets to decide what that means - will be banned, period. All of that, of course, means that the herbs must be treated the same as pharmaceutical drugs, and that can mean destroying what makes them work by processes that involve sterilization. The concept of natural will often have no meaning. Also, nothing can be approved unless it's plant-based. For all practical purposes, nearly all herbs will start to disappear after April. Existing stocks will be allowed, but that's all. Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs will be illegal, period.
(...) Heidi - Unfortunately, that's changing - including in Canada. A herb will have to go through the same sort of thing that a drug does to be sold, and it makes no difference if a claim is made about it. All herbs (and, obviously, many foods, too) will be forbidden unless they meet absurd and stringent rules - and most will be forbidden, period. Reply: Didi: Heidi is right - I have spoken to my local herbal store attendant selling vitamins and herbs. At first, she was reluctant to talk about this however, after talking for a while she confirmed that these changes are indeed coming to Canada as well. As of December 2009 all the companies making vitamins and herbals have had to submit their formulations to the body overseeing this and some have had to adjust the levels of vitamins included or remove items altogether. Eventually, it will come down to exactly what is happening in the EU come next April. It's just a matter of time - problem is that I don't even know who to to contact regarding this. The media is completely owned and you don't hear word one about Codex and the changes surrounding vitamins and herbals... Also look up bill S.510 in the States. Very scary what this world is coming to. FYI - Codex has been completely implemented in Norway and Germany and you can't buy over the counter vitamins there unless prescribed and purchased through a pharmacist.
http://projectavalon.net/forum4/showthread.php?4613-S510-Illegal-To-Grow-Share-Trade-Sell-Homegrown-Food&p=53912#post53912
From Earth Rainbow Network's current issue:
http://www.earthrainbownetwork.com/Archives2010/PerfectStorm21.htm
Big Pharma Scores Big Win: Medicinal Herbs Will Disappear in EU by Heidi Stevenson (12 September 2010)
SADLY, ALL OF THE FOLLOWING NIGHTMARE IS TRUE
http://www.gaia-health.com/articles301/000301-big-pharma-scores-big-win-medicinal-herbs-disappear-eu.shtml
It's almost a done deal. We are about to see herbal preparations disappear, and the ability of herbalists to prescribe them will also be lost. -- Big Pharma has almost reached the finish line of its decades-long battle to wipe out all competition. As of 1 April 2011-less than eight months from now-virtually all medicinal herbs will become illegal in the European Union. The approach in the United States is a bit different, but it's having the same devastating effect. The people have become nothing more than sinks for whatever swill Big Pharma and Agribusiness choose to send our way, and we have no option but to pay whatever rates they want. Big Pharma and Agribusiness have almost completed their march to take over every aspect of health, from the food we eat to the way we care for ourselves when we're ill. Have no doubt about it: this takeover will steal what health remains to us. It Begins Next April Fools DayIn the nastiest April Fool's Joke of all time, the European Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products (THMPD) was enacted back on 31 March 2004. (1) It laid down rules and regulations for the use of herbal products that had previously been freely traded. This directive requires that all herbal preparations must be put through the same kind of procedure as pharmaceuticals. It makes no difference whether a herb has been in common use for thousands of years. The costs for this are far higher than most manufacturers, other than Big Pharma, can bear, with estimates ranging from £80,000 to £120,000 per herb, and with each herb of a compound having to be treated separately. It matters not that a herb has been used safely and effectively for thousands of years. It will be treated as if it were a drug. Of course, herbs are far from that.
(...) Try to imagine facing your children or grandchildren when they ask why you didn't. How will you tell them that you really weren't that interested in their welfare? How will you tell them that it was more important to watch the latest fake reality show on television than to take the time to write a simple letter?It is only by actively protesting that this travesty against our welfare can be stopped. If we sit back in apathy, then it will happen. Our right to protect our health and that of our children is hanging in the balance. If you care for your child's or grandchild's welfare, then you must act. Speak out, for now is the moment of truth. You can sit back and do nothing, or you can speak out. And then, once you have, talk to everyone you know. Tell them that it's time to act. There truly is no time to waste.
(...) Fenna - Is this law regarding combinations and brand name type preparations ? Or, is it for individual raw or bulk dried herbs and tinctures ? Reply: Heidi: All of them are affected, though combinations will face the worst of it. Brand names or raw or bulk or tinctures - all are the same in this. The ones most adversely affected are imported herbs. There are methods for EU-based herbs to be approved, but the process is onerous and costly. Very few have been able to go through the process. No herb can be approved for anything considered a serious medical condition. That seems to mean that a herb used to treat cold symptoms can be approved - if it's EU-based and it isn't part of a combination (though a couple of herbs together may be allowed) and if the company trying to get it approved has the means to go through the process. If it's used for something considered serious - and the EU gets to decide what that means - will be banned, period. All of that, of course, means that the herbs must be treated the same as pharmaceutical drugs, and that can mean destroying what makes them work by processes that involve sterilization. The concept of natural will often have no meaning. Also, nothing can be approved unless it's plant-based. For all practical purposes, nearly all herbs will start to disappear after April. Existing stocks will be allowed, but that's all. Chinese and Ayurvedic herbs will be illegal, period.
(...) Heidi - Unfortunately, that's changing - including in Canada. A herb will have to go through the same sort of thing that a drug does to be sold, and it makes no difference if a claim is made about it. All herbs (and, obviously, many foods, too) will be forbidden unless they meet absurd and stringent rules - and most will be forbidden, period. Reply: Didi: Heidi is right - I have spoken to my local herbal store attendant selling vitamins and herbs. At first, she was reluctant to talk about this however, after talking for a while she confirmed that these changes are indeed coming to Canada as well. As of December 2009 all the companies making vitamins and herbals have had to submit their formulations to the body overseeing this and some have had to adjust the levels of vitamins included or remove items altogether. Eventually, it will come down to exactly what is happening in the EU come next April. It's just a matter of time - problem is that I don't even know who to to contact regarding this. The media is completely owned and you don't hear word one about Codex and the changes surrounding vitamins and herbals... Also look up bill S.510 in the States. Very scary what this world is coming to. FYI - Codex has been completely implemented in Norway and Germany and you can't buy over the counter vitamins there unless prescribed and purchased through a pharmacist.